Topic
Government Programs
12 published works
Simple Justice
Killing Social Security Through The Back Door
Elon Musk called it “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time,” which would be an accurate assessment if it wasn’t both obvious and a government program. Without the contributions of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Couples say they can’t get married because of this government program’s outdated rules
By Family Law
From NPR:Amber and Devin Weise lived in distant states when they met in an online social media group for Christian singles. They quickly became a couple, spending hours texting or…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Announces New Measures to Mitigate Fraudulent Enrollment Schemes in Affordable Connectivity Program
The FCC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an advisory warning that some Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) providers and their agents are engaging in fraudulent enrollment schemes by using…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Federal Farm Programs: Organizational Structure Matters – Part Three
OverviewIn this final part of a three-part series on federal farm programs, the focus is on the “active personal management,” issues associated with maintaining good records, and planning implications for…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
The Meandering of the Louisiana Great Flood of 2016: NFIP WYO Insurer’s Baseless Denials Rejected
The National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) was implemented to assist victims of flood recover through the issuance of Standard Flood Insurance Policy (“SFIP”) under the National Flood Insurance Act (“NFIA”).…
Health Law Prof Blog
Snap Expansions and Participation in Government Safety Net Programs
Jeehoon Han (Zhejiang University), Snap Expansions and Participation in Government Safety Net Programs, 58(4) Econ. Inquiry 1929 (2020):This paper investigates the interactions between health and nutritional assistance programs such as…
All in a Day's Work: The Employer's Legal Guide
Guidelines for the Implementation of the Program “Youths Building the Future”
The Guidelines for the implementation of the Program “Youths building the Future” were issued recently in the Mexican Federal Official Gazette. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the current President of Mexico, …
The Right Coast
Report finds fake and dead people using government phone, Internet program | The Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON One in three people enrolled in a government-subsidized phone program might not qualify for the service, with thousands of accounts belonging to either fake or dead people, according to…
Health Industry Washington Watch
OIG Issues Top 25 Unimplemented Cost-Savings and Quality-Improvement Recommendations for HHS Programs
By Yetunde Oni
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the 2017 edition of its Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations (“Compendium”). In the Compendium,…
Insurance
NFIP Rates are Going Up on April 1… But Do Enough People Care for Congress to Change its Mind?
People definitely care. But not enough people are likely to care to make a political issue out of it due to how the rate increases were designed. The National Flood…